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Montana & Wyoming - Small Acts, Wide Ripples

Season 2 Episode 1 | 54m 17s

Pati enters the United States through Montana and Wyoming. On the Blackfeet Reservation, buffalo and a nearly lost language are coming back. Farther south, women entrepreneurs and a community wool mill are rebuilding rural economies.

Aired: 10/25/26 | Expires: 01/24/27
Support for PATI JINICH EXPLORES PANAMERICANA is provided by Marriott International, Wells Fargo, La Costeña, Visit Tucson, New Mexico Tourism, Casa Madero, Visit Albuquerque, Arizona Community Foundation, and Tourism Santa Fe.
Extras
In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, Pati finds culture, history, and unexpected abundance.
Pati travels Colorado to New Mexico, finding the Rio Grande and the lives it sustains.
Pati Jinich continues her journey inspired by the Pan-American Highway.
In Calgary, Pati Jinich meets leaders of the rising Indigenous Fashion movement.
Pati Jinich visits Big Sky BBQ in Alberta to try their legendary Barbecue King Caesar.
In Alberta, Pati dives into cowboy culture and explores its diversity in Edmonton and Calgary.
Pati Jinich visits the town of Wildwood, founded by Canada’s early black settlers.
Pati explores the sister cities of Juneau and Whitehorse.
Pati Jinich visits Lumel Studios to try glassblowing and learns it’s more than just art.
Pati Jinich learns about life in the Yukon Territory from “Mr. Yukon 2024” Ron Chambers.